EditorialArk (Torah shrine) curtain from Persia. Designed like a Moslem prayer rug, floral decorations, Star of David, Bible quotations. Embroidery on hand-quilted cotton, 114 x 76 cm.
EditorialMoslem potter to Lovec, Potter in L?wetsch or L?vech (Bulgaria), Fig. 48, p. 20, 1879, F. Kanitz: Donau-Bulgarien und der Balkan: historisch-geographisch-ethnographische Reisestudien aus den Jahren 1860-1879. Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von Hermann Fr...
EditorialMizrach (" East"), a decoration hung on the walls of synagogue or home to indicate the direction of prayer, i. e. facing east towards Jerusalem. Designed and coloured like a Moslem prayer rug, this mizrach is from North Africa. Watercolour, 6...